Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 06:01:31 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: clean install won't boot from hard drive... Message-ID: <2465.829890091@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Apr 1996 16:36:45 EDT." <Pine.NEB.3.93.960418163509.6921K-100000@freebsd.ki.net>
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"Marc G. Fournier" wrote in message ID
<Pine.NEB.3.93.960418163509.6921K-100000@freebsd.ki.net>:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Gary Palmer wrote:
> Nope, doesn't even reach the boot prompt, which is why I
> think I might have screwed up the Boot Mgr somehow :(
>
> Root is 30meg, like the rest of my machines.
>
> Don't sure if it makes any difference, but its a 1522 controller
> that I'm using...
>From the handbook:
o Adaptec AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x and
SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no
on-board BIOS, which is necessary for mapping the boot device into
the system BIOS I/O vectors. They are perfectly usable for
external tapes, CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other
AIC-6x60 based card without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a
boot ROM, which is generally indicated by some sort of message when
the system is first powered up or reset. Check your system/board
documentation for more details.
Does it have a boot ROM?
Gary
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